10 Apps Worth Downloading This Month

There are more than 800,000 apps on Apple’s App Store — and you’ll need to spend every waking moment cutting through all of them to find the hidden gems.

Fortunately for you, we’ve spent the last month or so digging through some of the newest apps on the App Store, and found a few that are often overlooked.

Here are our monthly recommendations:

GAMES

Bastion: Originally an indie title on other platforms, the post-apocalyptic adventure game “Bastion” ports quite well to the iPhone and other devices. It’s a narrated beat-em-up style game in which the player controls “the Kid” as he fights enemies in a fantasy setting.$4.99 on App Store.

Sonic Dash: If you’re a fan of the blue blur, “Sonic Dash” is probably the best translation of the game to the iPhone to date. Instead of having virtual buttons on the touch screen, you control the hedgehog by swiping. Bonus: the app is free to download. Free on App Store.

Nimble Quest: Remember “Snake”? This is like that, but souped-up with a bit more of an indie gaming skew. Your “snake” actually consists of a bunch of heroes that all have special abilities, and you have to defeat other snakes on the screen. You will still, unfortunately, die if you run into anything. Free on App Store.

Punch Quest: It’s basically as simple as it sounds. You automatically run your way through a cavern/castle/something as you push your way through tons of enemies. The more enemies you beat up, the higher your score. Free on App Store.

Temple Run 2: A sequel to the wildly successful “Temple Run,” this game adds a much more detailed environment and some new challenges like zip-lining and riding a mining cart.

Sonic Dash

UTILITY AND LIFESTYLE

System Util Dashboard: Want to keep in-depth track of what your phone is doing? This app will track your processor usage, how much space you have left on your device, and most importantly battery life and how much data you are using. Free on App Store.

Tinder: A spin on hot-or-not, Tinder just received a big cosmetic update and runs a little smoother. It connects to your Facebook account and lets you flip through other men or women based on what you’re looking for. If both of you “like” each other, the app will open up a chat. Free on App Store.

Path: Path is a mobile social network that’s designed to cap the number of friends you have. The app now sports a messenger built right in, which also has “stickers” like other popular messaging apps, such as Line. Free on App Store.

MyFitnessPal: MyFitnessPal has an online community that has built out a massive database of various food and meals and their nutritional information. You can use MyFitnessPal to accurately track your diet and your workout routines. Free on App Store.

Vine: If you haven’t downloaded Twitter’s newest gif-maker yet, now’s the time to do so. Vine lets you share six-second videos with your friends and the Web, and it has one of the cleanest interfaces available. Free on App Store.